Breakfast/ After School Club

SAMpeople; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Somerlea Park Junior School is seeking a Breakfast Club Assistant to join a warm, caring team. You will help create a safe and enjoyable breakfast club experience for pupils, lead play activities, supervise games, and assist with a light meal service. Commitment to safeguarding and teamwork is essential.

Experience with children is valued, and opportunities for training and development are provided in a welcoming, inclusive environment within the school community.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children essential.
• Experience of leading play.
• Basic cooking/food preparation essential.
• Committed to safeguarding children.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Willingness to learn and develop.
• Ability to work as part of a team and show respect to all.
• Ability to remain calm in busy environments.

Responsibilities

• Set up and lead activities to improve children’s wraparound care and behavior.
• Supervise team games and creative activities, promoting fair play.
• Prepare and supervise a light meal and clear up afterwards.
• Support safeguarding and promote a healthy lifestyle within the school community.

Skills

Experience working with children

Experience leading play

Good communication

Organisational skills

Initiative

Healthy lifestyle promotion

Willingness to learn

Teamwork

Respect for adults and children

Calm under pressure

Education

Commitment to attend training and development

Tools

Basic cooking/food preparation

Job description

Somerlea Park Junior School is looking to appoint a caring, reliable, and enthusiastic Breakfast Club Assistant to join our dedicated team. This is a rewarding opportunity to help create a safe, happy, and enjoyable breakfast club experience for our pupils.

About the Role

The Breakfast Club Assistant will be a member of the school team and will be accountable to the Headteacher and the board of Champions body. The postholder must carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the Equal Opportunities Policy.

Key Responsibilities

To improve children’s enjoyment of wraparound care, and their behaviors by setting up and leading activities and teaching children how to play.This will include supervising team games and creative activities, encourage the appropriate use of equipment and promote fair play. The role will also involve preparing and supervising a light meal and clearing up afterwards.

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Enjoys working with children.
• Is caring, patient, and approachable.
• Has good communication and teamwork skills.
• Can remain calm and confident in a busy environment.
• Is reliable, punctual, and committed to safeguarding children.
• Shares our commitment to providing a positive and inclusive school environment.
• Previous experience is welcome but not essential.

We Offer

• A friendly and supportive school community.
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• A rewarding role where you can make a real difference to children's daily school experience.
• A welcoming and inclusive working environment.

Safeguarding

Somerlea Park Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, and other pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Westfield Health Scheme

Skills

Experience

• Experience of working with children essential
• Experience of leading play

Personal Attributes

• An ability to make playtimes fun and fair essential
• Good communication and liaison skills essential
• Ability to organise essential
• Ability to use own initiative when necessary essential
• Basic cooking/food preparation essential
• Committed to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle essential
• An understanding and empathy for the needs of our children and the community essential
• Always understand the need for confidentiality essential
• Able to work as a team member essential
• Show respect to adults and children essential
• Willingness to learn. essential
• Ability to inspire and lead children and other staff
• Able to suggest and promote ideas towards the continual improvement of our wraparound care provision

Qualifications

• Commitment to attend appropriate training and development

Somerlea Park Junior School

Daisy Rizo

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• Eckington Business Centre II
• Gosber Street
• Eckington
• South Yorkshire
• S21 4DA

Learners' Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. Learners' Multi Academy Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.